Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Strike - London Scenes

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

919

Date Released

13 Jan 1947

Date submitted

11 Jan 1947

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4 / 6

Section Title

Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Strike - London Scenes. DESCRIPTION: An unofficial strike of some 15,000 lorry drivers had produced deadlock in the capital. Butchers shops and fishmongers were virtually empty and queues formed to buy horse-meat. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS GV Smithfield Market. Various shots of mail accumulating at General Post Office, private car enters GPO loaded with mail-bags. GV Smithfield, idle, sides of meat hanging in market. CU of same. Various shots of butchers shops empty, empty meat tray. Queue outside butchers shop. CU sign reading ‘Horse meat’ - for human consumption only’. Empty fishmongers and butchers shops.

Keywords

Transport; Business and commerce; Labour relations

Locations

London; England; United Kingdom

Card file number

48001

Credits:

Camera: Eddie Smales
Camera: Hilton Craig
Camera: J. L. Ramsden
Commentator: Lionel James Gamlin
Camera: Martin Gray
Camera: Norman Fisher

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